Jane McGonigal – How Games Make Life Better - [Invest Like the Best, EP.138]

It turns out that there are seven ways of thinking and acting that contribute to post-traumatic and post-ecstatic growth. And they are all ways that we commonly think and act when we play games. 1. Adopt a challenge mindset. You need to be willing to engage with obstacles and look at stressful life events as a challenge, not a threat. In games, we

research, and many others’ since, has shown that gamers set higher goals for themselves in their everyday lives and are less likely to quit in the face of real-world setbacks. They are more likely to ask for help from, and offer real-world assistance to, friends and family they play games with regularly than non-gamers do from their friends and fam

A deep immersion into a possible future creates lasting mental habits, especially when it comes to watching the real world for evidence that the simulated possibility is becoming more likely. Now, it’s one thing to get lucky

For 60 percent, the game had a “strong effect” on their personal identity, as they became significantly more likely to agree with these statements: “I’m someone who thinks big thoughts about the future” and “I can picture myself starting something new.”19